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1999. Ambassador Ouvrieu is also the French Head of the Indo-French High
Commission for Defense since its inception.
37.
Speech of President Chirac at New Delhi, 25 Jan. 1998.
38.
Nirmala George in
The Indian Express,
20 Oct. 1998.
39.
Speech of President Chirac at New Delhi, 25 Jan. 1998.
40.
'The signing of the CTBT would clearly facilitate matters, as would its acceptance
of more rigorous monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Another
plus point: development of the co-operation we have already embarked on in the
area of nuclear safety' Védrine's TV interview on 17 Feb. 2000.
41.
Statement by Hubert Védrine during question hour, National Assembly, Paris, on 2
June 1998.
42.
Chirac's speech, Paris, 8 July 2001.
43.
France would answer here that if she had not diminished the role of nuclear
weapons, she has seriously contributed to nuclear disarmament by being 'the first
nuclear power to eliminate surface-to-surface missile systems' and for having,
'alone amongst nuclear powers, dismantled its testing centre and its facilities for
the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons', besides having ratified the
CTBT in April 1998 (Chirac's speech, Paris, 8 July 2001).
44.
Jaswant Singh's statement made in the Indian Parliament, 9 May 2000.
45.
Brajesh Mishra's speech at the National Defence Institute, Lisbon, 4 April 2000.
46.
Press briefing by the spokeperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, 3 May
2001.
47.
Joint Press Conference by Jaswant Singh and Igor Ivanov, 5 May 2001.
48.
C.Raja Mohan in
The Hindu,
7 May 2001.
49.
See the Joint statement released by the White House, 21 March 2000.
50.
Amitabh Mattoo in
The Hindu,
5 May 2001.
51.
Jaswant Singh's speech on 17 Feb. 2000. Published by CERI & al, 2001, p.217.
52.
Hubert Védrine's interview to Doordarshan, Indian TV channel, 17 Feb. 2000.
53.
Jaswant Singh's speech on 17 Feb. 2000. Published by CERI & al, 2001, p.213.
54.
K.K.Katyal in
The Hindu,
27 Jan. 1998.
55.
K.K.Katyal in
The Hindu,
22 May 2000.
56.
Jairam Ramesh, at the rountable on US-India relations, New York, 1 Nov. 1999.
57.
To quote Ramesh's speech again: 'America and India must have a multifaceted
relationship which is durable enough to withstand political differences—examples
of France and Israel come to my mind'.
58.
Jacques Chirac's speech, Paris, 17 April 2000.
59.
Alain Richard's speech, New Delhi, 19 May 2000.
60.
Jacques Chirac's speech, New Delhi, 25 Jan. 1998.
61.
Pakistan is naturally not eager to see India entering the sanctum sanctorum of
global affairs. Noting that France's and Great Britain's declarations in favour of
India marked 'a radical departure' from the Western appreciation of India's nuclear
tests in 1998, a Pakistani analyst argued that 'the immediate reason for the change
in the Western attitude seems to have been the American desire to capitalise on the
opportunities offered by the Indian economic potential and its 200 million-strong
middle class. What the British and the French have done is nothing but join the rat
race in the hope of picking up some crumbs' (Ijaz Hussain in
Dawn,
8 May 2000).
The argument is not convincing, for foreign direct investments answer more
specific market rationales.
